New Cardinals guard Justin Pugh never heard from Giants in free agency

One of the big free agent prizes the Arizona Cardinals landed was guard Justin Pugh. They signed him to a five-year, $45-million contract, making him the highest-paid player on the offensive line.

Pugh was impressed with how much the Cardinals wanted him and said after signing how good it felt to be wanted. That feeling apparently is because his former team, the New York Giants, for whom he played for five years, made zero effort to re-sign him in the offseason.

He got nothing from the Giants, who went through major changes throughout the offseason with a new coach and general manager.

But Pugh isn’t bitter.

“I don’t blame the Giants at all. Everyone got fired. There was nobody there who had any allegiance to me whatsoever. I don’t even know those guys. If I was in New York it would be a new team anyways. Then I got to Arizona and it felt like the right place.”

He now is one of the highest-paid guards in the game. He plays for a team who really wanted him. He gets to block for David Johnson and Sam Bradford and, in the future, Josh Rosen.

That is a lot to be excited about.

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